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News from alumni and highlights from recent events
From Coal Dust to Classroom: How Edward Alderton Built a University Behind Barbed Wire
Written by Issabelle Summer June 11, 2025 Imagine turning a Nazi POW camp into a thriving university with 5,000 books, 90+ subjects, and...
sananyaa20
Aug 24 min read
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Celebrating Slems: A Century of Community and Belonging at St Anselm Hall
Written by: Krish Gupta (Slems resident from 2023-26) It didn’t take me long to start calling Slems home. From my first day here, I...
sananyaa20
Aug 17 min read
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Summer Reunion 2025
On the 5th of July, beneath the city's homely grey sky, alumni and other friends of the Hall once again convened in Manchester for the...
James Bamber
Jul 232 min read
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Annual message from the Co-Chair
The past is a foreign country – they do things differently there. It is now 45 years since I arrived at Kent Road East and St Anselm Hall...
Jon Boddy
Jul 53 min read
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What happened to democracy? Six questions on the past year at Slems
Reflections on the past year from Co-Chair Esperanza Hughes-Salinas.
Esperanza Hughes-Salinas
Jul 53 min read
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